CATALOGUE NR: 4745002
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 06-Oct-2003

COMPOSER: Andre Previn  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Previn). Serenade (Bernstein).
ORCHESTRA: Boston Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Andre Previn
ARTISTS: Anne-Sophie Mutter      

- Jan-2004 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Dec-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Previn's 'love letter' to his new wife brings unexpected shocks but this is a major concerto that Mutter plays marvellously' - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN10122
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: 5 CD Set
PRICE: £ 33.99 including VAT, or £ 28.93 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 17-Oct-2003

COMPOSER: Sir Arnold Bax
TITLE: The Symphonies
TRACKS: Symphony No.1 in E flat. Symphony No.2 in E minor/C. Symphony No.3. Symphony No.4. Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor. Symphony No.6. Rogue's Comedy Overture. Tintagel. Symphony No.7. Vernon Handley interviewed by Andrew McGregor.
ORCHESTRA: BBC Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Vernon Handley

- Dec-2003 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Dec-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Vernon Handley's Bax symphony cycle represents a landmark achievement' - Gramophone 2004 Award Winner - Penguin Guide Rosette star 'this is the most satisfying survey of the cycle we have yet had, and it is difficult to imagine it being superseded'

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CATALOGUE NR: SK87326
RECORD LABEL: Sony
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.95 including VAT, or £ 11.02 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 20-Oct-2003

COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach
TRACKS: Concerto for flute violin harpsichord BWV1044. Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D BWV1050. Italian Concerto in F major BWV971.
ORCHESTRA: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
ARTISTS: Murray Perahia      

- Jan-2004 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Dec-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Perahia's Bach registers as forthright where needed and quietly (and distinctively) supportive when other players take a lead' - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5575632
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 04-Aug-2003

COMPOSER: Aram Khachaturian  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Flute Concerto (Khachaturian). Concerto for Flute. Piece pour Flute Seule (Ibert).
ORCHESTRA: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich
CONDUCTOR: David Zinman
ARTISTS: Emmanuel Pahud      

- Nov-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Some dazzling playing by a top-flight flautist makes this an ear-tickling disc' - Penguin Guide 3 star 'Emmanuel Pahud and the Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra under David Zinman give the most virtuosic and stylish account of Ibert's delightful Flute Concerto'

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN10105
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 18-Aug-2003

COMPOSER: Edward Gregson
TRACKS: Blazon. Clarinet Concerto - 1994 revised 2002. Stepping Out. Violin Concerto - 1999 revised 2001.
ORCHESTRA: BBC Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Martyn Brabbins
ARTISTS: Michael Collins   Olivier Charlier    

- Nov-2003 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Nov-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Two fine concertos stand out in the new music from this dynamic composer' - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5575622
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 08-Sep-2003

COMPOSER: Edvard Grieg  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Piano Concerto in A minor op.16 (Grieg). Piano Concerto in A minor op.54 (Schumann).
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Mariss Jansons
ARTISTS: Leif Ove Andsnes      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Schumann is a live recording - Nov-2003 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Nov-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Andsnes's sense of poetry brings something special to this familiar pairing' - Gramophone 2004 Award Winner - Penguin Guide Rosette star

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN10081
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 16-Jun-2003

COMPOSER: Ottorino Respighi
TRACKS: La Boutique fantasque P120 - Ballet in One Act (music by Rossini arr. Respighi). La pentola magica P129. Prelude and Fugue P158 in D major.
ORCHESTRA: BBC Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Gianandrea Noseda

- Sep-2003 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Oct-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Playing that's full of zest fully matches Respighi's brilliance as an orchestrator'

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CATALOGUE NR: CDDCA1153
RECORD LABEL: ASV
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 02-Jun-2003

COMPOSER: Jose Luis Greco
TRACKS: Triptych : Perfume / Ardor - concerto for violin and orchestra / Forbidden Tonic. Pastel. I'm Superman.
ORCHESTRA: Gran Canaria Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Adrian Leaper
ARTISTS: Mariana Todorova      

- Oct-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'An appealing and individual voice heard in performances of great character'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4742912
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 14-Jul-2003

COMPOSER: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: First Piano Concertos
TRACKS: Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor op.23 (Tchaikovsky). Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor op.25 (Mendelssohn).
ORCHESTRA: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim
ARTISTS: Lang Lang      

- Sep-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'This young virtuoso impresses in big-scale readings of rarely coupled showpieces'

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN9961
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 19-May-2003

COMPOSER: Alexander Glazunov
TRACKS: Symphony No.8 in E flat major op.83. Commemorative Cantata op.65 for the Centenary of the Birth of Pushkin. Poeme lyrique in D flat major op.12.
ORCHESTRA: Russian State Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Valery Polyansky
ARTISTS: Ludmila Kuznetsova   Vsevolod Grivnov   Russian State Symphonic Cappella  

- Sep-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A fine reading of one of Glazunov's best symphonies - and a glorious bonus, too' - Penguin Guide 3 star 'soloists, chorus and orchestra combine to give a passionately dedicated performance of what is surely one of the composer's finest choral works'

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CATALOGUE NR: 5455882
RECORD LABEL: Virgin Veritas
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 10.99 including VAT, or £ 9.35 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 05-May-2003

COMPOSER: Pietro Locatelli  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Italian Violin Sonatas
TRACKS: Sonata in D minor op.6 No.12 (Pietro Antonio Locatelli). Sonata in A minor op.4 No.5 (Francesco Saverio Geminiani). Sonata in G minor op.2 No.1 (Giuseppe Tartini). Sonata prima in G minor op.1 No.1 (Francesco Maria Veracini). Psyche op.5 No.12 (Michele Mascitti).
CONDUCTOR: Fabio Biondi
ARTISTS: Europa Galante      

- Sep-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Fabio Biondi's bustling virtuosity is perfectly suited to these extrovert works'

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CATALOGUE NR: LSO0040
RECORD LABEL: LSO Live
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 4.88 including VAT, or £ 4.15 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 14-Jul-2003

COMPOSER: Hector Berlioz
TITLE: Harold en Italie
TRACKS: Ballet music from Les Troyens.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Colin Davis
ARTISTS: Tabea Zimmermann      

- Sep-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Davis's third account of Harold on disc proves to be possibly the best of all' - Penguin Guide 3 star 'Sir Colin Davis demonstrates his supreme mastery as a Berlioz interpreter in a version recorded live, even tauter and more dramatic than his earlier ones made in the studio, with speeds consistently faster'

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CATALOGUE NR: BISCD1445
RECORD LABEL: BIS
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 05-May-2003

COMPOSER: Jean Sibelius
TITLE: Rondo of the Waves
TRACKS: Aallottaret - The Oceanides - Yale Version. Fragments from a Suite for Orchestra - Predecessor of The Oceanides. Cassazione. Musik zu Einer Scene. Coronation March. Morceau romantique. Porilaisten marssi. Cortege. Spring Song. The Oceanides.
ORCHESTRA: Lahti Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Osmo Vanska

- Jun-2003 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jul-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Another fascinating exporation of rare Sibelius in BIS's invaluable series'

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN10052
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 17-Mar-2003

COMPOSER: Dmitry Kabalevsky
TRACKS: Overture to Colas Breugnon op.24. Second Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in G major op.23. The Comedians op.26. Third Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D major op.50.
ORCHESTRA: BBC Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Vassily Sinaisky
ARTISTS: Kathryn Stott      

- Jul-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Fine playing and recording shows the Russian's modest talents in the best light' - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5575102
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 12-May-2003

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Violin Concerto in D minor op.15 (Britten). Viola Concerto in A minor (Walton).
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Mstislav Rostropovich
ARTISTS: Maxim Vengerov      

- Jul-2003 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jul-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Gripping, if hardly conventional readings of two major English string concertos'

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN10063
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 14-Apr-2003

COMPOSER: Peter Sculthorpe
TRACKS: Irkanda I. Irkanda IV. Lament. Second Sonata for strings. Cello Dreaming. Djilile.
ORCHESTRA: Australian Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Richard Tognetti

- Jun-2003 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Aug-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Exceptionally sympathetic advocacy for the doyen of Australian composers'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4742982
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: Hybrid 2 SACD Set
PRICE: £ 19.99 including VAT, or £ 17.01 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 12-May-2003

COMPOSER: Gustav Mahler
TRACKS: Symphony No.3 in D minor.
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Pierre Boulez
ARTISTS: Anne Sofie von Otter      

- Jul-2003 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Aug-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A leading contender in the anti-theatrical Mahler stakes, in superlative sound, too'

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CATALOGUE NR: CD80587
RECORD LABEL: Telarc
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 14-Apr-2003

COMPOSER: Igor Stravinsky
TRACKS: Petroushka. Scherzo a la Russe. Firebird Suite.
ORCHESTRA: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Paavo Jarvi

- May-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Memorable Stravinsky performances coupled with demonstration sound'

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CATALOGUE NR: 5181892
RECORD LABEL: EMI Recommends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 5.99 including VAT, or £ 5.10 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 11-Feb-2008

COMPOSER: Sergei Prokofiev
TRACKS: Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor op.125 - Sinfonia Concertante. Sonata for Cello and Piano in C op.119.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Antonio Pappano
ARTISTS: Han-Na Chang      

- May-2003 5 star BBC Music Mag. - May-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A superlative release dedicated to Prokofiev's works for cello'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4733432
RECORD LABEL: Philips
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 03-Mar-2003

COMPOSER: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D op.35 (Tchaikovsky). Violin Concerto (Miaskovsky).
ORCHESTRA: Kirov Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Valery Gergiev
ARTISTS: Vadim Repin      

- May-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A big violinistic personality, flamboyant in Tchaikovksy, perceptive and persuasive in Myaskovsky'

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CATALOGUE NR: ODE10052
RECORD LABEL: Ondine
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 17-Mar-2003

COMPOSER: Peteris Vasks
TRACKS: Symphony No.2. Violin Concerto 'Tala gaisma' - Distant Light.
ORCHESTRA: Tampere Philharmonic and Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: John Storgards and Juha Kangas
ARTISTS: John Storgards      

- May-2003 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Apr-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Music to engage both heart and head, passionately played'

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CATALOGUE NR: 8555955
RECORD LABEL: Naxos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 4.88 including VAT, or £ 4.15 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 03-Feb-2003

COMPOSER: Joaquin Turina
TITLE: Orchestral Works
TRACKS: Sinfonia sevillana. Danzas Fantasticas. Ritmos - Fantasia coreografica. La procesion del Rocio.
ORCHESTRA: Castile and Leon Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Max Bragado Darman

- Apr-2003 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Apr-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'A Spanish master's colourful, poetic music beautfully played; this is outstanding' - Penguin Guide 2 star

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CATALOGUE NR: CHAN10019
RECORD LABEL: Chandos
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 13-Jan-2003

COMPOSER: Hubert Clifford  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: A Kentish Suite : Dover Introduction - Alla hornpipe / A Choral Prelude on Canterbury with Dignity / Pastoral and Folk Song. Swift Nicks of Gad's Hill. Greenwich. Five English Nursery Tunes. The Casanova Melody. A Lyrical Sketch. Shanagolden (Hubert Clifford). Epithalamion. An English Idyll (Edgar Bainton).
ORCHESTRA: BBC Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Martyn Brabbins
ARTISTS: Paul Whelan      

- Feb-2003 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Mar-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Heartfelt, polished advocacy for some neglected music - a job well done' - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: CCS19198
RECORD LABEL: Channel Classics
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.95 including VAT, or £ 11.02 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 02-Dec-2002

COMPOSER: Georg Philipp Telemann
TITLE: Tafelmusik
TRACKS: Ouverture: Lentement - Vite - Lentement. Réjouissance. Rondeau. Loure. Passepied. Air. Un peu vivement. Gigue Quatuor in G major. Largo - Allegro - Largo. Vivace - Moderato - Vivace D.C. Grave. Vivace Trio in E flat major. Affetuoso. Vivace. Grave. Allegro Conclusion in E minor. Allegro - Largo - Allegro D.C. Quatuor in D minor. Andante . Vivace. Largo. Allegro.
ARTISTS: Florilegium   Walter van Hauwe    

- Feb-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Musically outstanding, though lower the volume for the best perspective'

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CATALOGUE NR: ODE10072
RECORD LABEL: Ondine
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 07-Oct-2002

COMPOSER: Jean Sibelius
TRACKS: Symphony No.1. Symphony No.7.
ORCHESTRA: Helsinki Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Leif Segerstam

- Feb-2003 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'Sibelius conducting of arresting temperament and strong personality' - Penguin Guide 1 star

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